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TicketMaster Buys MSN Sidewalk Property

As the searing summer sun continues to bake city sidewalks up and down the East Coast, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and TicketMaster Online-CitySearch (Nasdaq: TMCS) decided to produce a little asphalt heat of their own ...

Asia4Sale Weighs In With Public Commercial Auction

Last week's highly successful initial public offering for China.com caught many of the pundits off guard and demonstrated that the Asian-Pacific market -- despite its numerous obstacles -- is too inviting for many e-commerce companies to pass up ...

Providian Fires Back In Online Credit Card Lawsuit

When it comes to two companies fighting it out for industry supremacy, the traditional sanctity of the court gives way to the immediacy of the press ...

Beyond.com Launches Co-Branded MySoftware Store

As the threat of Onsale (Nasdaq: ONSL) and Egghead.com (Nasdaq: EGGS) combining their resources to grab a larger market share in online software sales looms, online software superstore Beyond.com (Nasdaq: BYND) is using partners to help extend its brand ...

IBM Develops New Online Privacy Services

Surfing the wave of concern about the dissemination of private consumer information by e-commerce companies and Web organizations, IBM announced today the formation of a consulting services group to convey privacy issues to businesses ...

uBid Forms Business Auction Alliance

In a concerted effort to become a dominant player in the business-to-business auction market, uBid, Inc. (Nasdaq: UBID) announced Thursday that it formed an alliance with business magazine publisher, Cahners, to introduce real time electronic bidding to potentially millions of targeted readers ...

Tribune Media Sends Online Shoppers to the Movies

A major media company and an emerging online network for broadband-enabled consumers are teaming up to offer an alternative for movie fans who are tired of waiting in long lines at their local theater. Today, Tribune Media Services, which is a subsidary of Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB), and On2.com (AMEX: ONT), which is creating a network of Web channels that deliver video-rich, interactive content via broadband, are working together to launch a new service that will offer online ticketing for more than 29,000 movie screens nationwide...

Lawsuit Breaks Out Between Online Credit Card Issuers

Saying that Providian Financial Corp. (NYSE: PVN) deliberately copied one of its banner advertisements to divert consumers to its own credit card origination site, online consumer credit company NextCard (Nasdaq: NXCD) announced Thursday that it filed a lawsuit claiming copyright infringement and unfair business practices ...

Yahoo! Launches Auctions in Germany

Although it still appears as if eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) is the clear leader in online auctions, Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) is making a big push to grab a piece of the international market. Today, Yahoo! announced that Yahoo! Germany has launched a German version of Yahoo!'s auction service ...

Traditional Retailers Show Unexpected E-Commerce Savvy

Conventional wisdom might lead us to believe that Web-only businesses are much better at selling their wares online than traditional retailers who have recently jumped on the e-commerce bandwagon ...

Verio Swallows digitalNATION in $100 Million Deal

The Web hosting server market is growing rapidly as more businesses go online, and the popular domain-based Web hosting company Verio (Nasdaq: VRIO) is tapping into this expanding market ...

iMall Snapped Up By Excite@Home For $425 Million

Media company Excite@Home (Nasdaq: ATHM) put an end to e-commerce solutions provider iMall (Nasdaq: IMAL) stockholder's lament about Wall Street's lack of attention when it announced Tuesday that it would issue $425 million (US$) in stock to acquire the company ...

E*Trade Sharpens Global Vision With TIR Acquisition

Recognizing that there are indeed some borders in cyberspace, leading online financial services company E*Trade (Nasdaq: EGRP) announced Tuesday that it would buy TIR Holdings Limited for $122 million (US$) in stock. The deal is aimed at accelerating E*Trade's efforts to build a cross-border global trading network ...

Webvan Group Commits $1 Billion To Online Grocery Expansion

Privately held online grocer Webvan Group is looking to go national in a major way. On Friday, Webvan announced a deal with construction firm Bechtel that greatly ups the ante for online sales of groceries. The deal, which is expected to exceed $1 billion (US$), will result in Webvan distribution centers being built by Bechtel in 26 new markets over the next 24 months...

S&P Announces New Service For Online Financial Firms

Standard & Poors -- a name long known in the lexicon of the financial world as the root of the S&P 500 -- announced Monday the formation of a new Internet custom solutions service for financial retailers ...

S&P Announces New Service For Online Financial Firms

Standard & Poors -- a name long known in the lexicon of the financial world as the root of the S&P 500 -- announced Monday the formation of a new Internet custom solutions service for financial retailers ...

CDNow & Atlantic Records Team With Microsoft On Digital Music Offerings

The major record labels have already vowed to fight back against MP3 digital music compression. So, Friday's announcement that leading online music retailer, CDNow (Nasdaq: CDNW), and major record label, Atlantic Records, have paired up with Microsoft to offer secure promotional downloads comes as no surprise ...

Infoseek and Bell Atlantic Sign E-Commerce Deal

Telecommunications heavyweight Bell Atlantic has 43 million telephone access lines and nine million wireless customers worldwide. The company is now looking beyond telephone customers, however, and focusing on e-commerce ...

eBay To Roll Out Magazine; Books Just Behind

When there's been millions upon millions of words written about you, it's probably only fair that you be allowed to put in your two cents worth ...

CDNow & Atlantic Records Team With Microsoft On Digital Music Offerings

The major record labels have already vowed to fight back against MP3 digital music compression. So, Friday's announcement that leading online music retailer, CDNow (Nasdaq: CDNW), and major record label, Atlantic Records, have paired up with Microsoft to offer secure promotional downloads comes as no surprise ...

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